Financial and legal papers provide information about Shaara's publishing income; among these are contracts, royalties and earnings statements, and some tax files. Papers related to his personal expenditures are filed under bills and invoices Also included is Shaara's ledger book that details addresses and entries of manuscript submissions, acceptance status, the number of words per story, the amount paid when accepted, and records of correspondence from magazines. This is an invaluable resource that documents his early publishing attempts. According to his ledger, "Grenville's Planet", was his first published science fiction story; it originally appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1952.

Shaara's financial and legal papers are arranged in four subcategories: Bills and invoices, Contracts, Royalties and earning statements, and Income tax. Within each subcategory, materials are arranged alphabetically by corporate name. Honorariums for speeches and personal appearances were filed under Royalties and earning statements - - Schools, colleges, and universities. Correspondence placed with particular financial and legal records was retained within the file folder.Other materials related to this series can be found in Series III: Correspondence - - Agents and Publishing Activities; Series III: Correspondence - - Financial and legal;Series III: Correspondence - - Professional activities.